Species

Anophelepis telesphorus Westwood, 1859

Short-winged Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype - care, selected as lectotype [in progress]). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype - care, selected as lectotype [in progress]). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: head and thorax, lateral view of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: head and thorax, lateral view of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels [round label reversed] of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels [round label reversed] of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype - care, not this species, paralectotype [in progress]). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype - care, not this species, paralectotype [in progress]). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557074; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels [round label reversed] of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557075; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels [round label reversed] of Anophelepis telesphorus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557076; 9ec0ecd8-b1c6-4a5c-b98a-1d62d73060dd: copyright NHRS, Stockholm. female juv. of synonym Carnacia obscura (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557076; 9ec0ecd8-b1c6-4a5c-b98a-1d62d73060dd: copyright NHRS, Stockholm. female juv., lateral view of synonym Carnacia obscura (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (20)

Anophelepis telesphorus Westwood, 1859: 69, pl. 8:3,7.
Syntype; male; e8824fa7-7bdd-4f78-b5d6-828855d146a0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Western Australia; Swan River. Syntype; female; 8e1aa3ad-4f20-40ea-8faf-7e21629869df; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Western Australia; Swan River
Anophelepis telesphorus Westwood, 1859 in Rainbow, 1897: 39.

Anophelepis telesphorus Westwood, 1859 in Rudolf & Brock, 2017: e.T78798677A78798757. Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Anophelepis telesphorus Westwood, 1859 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 557. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (16)

Westwood, J.O. (1859) Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. British Museum, London, 196 pp, 48 pl. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofortho00brituoft
Rainbow, W.J. (1897) Description of two new Australian Phasmas, together with a synopsis of the Phasmidae in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 3, 34–44, pls. 9–10. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6951489/#page/58/mode/1up

Tepper, J.G.O. (1903) List of described genera and species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidae (Spectre-insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia, 26, 278–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136804#page/308/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Vol. 1, 501 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29661

Redtenbacher, J. (1908) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. III. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 339–589, pls 16–27. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Iii.PhasmidaeAnareolatae

Sjöstedt, Y. (1918) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg´s Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 17. Mantidae und Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 11(19), 1–61, pl. 1–7. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30807#page/575/mode/1up

Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. 7. Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 25A(16), 1–10.

Craddock, E. (1972) Chromosonal diversity in the Australian Phasmatodea. Australian Journal of Zoology, 20, 445–462. Available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/zo/zo9720445

Vickery, V.R. (1983) Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20, 1–19. Available at http://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=procite:bc6d4d28-0bab-4f42-8f59-c5025bb110cd&dsid=DS1

Balderson, J., Rentz, D.C.F. & Roach, A.M.E. (1998) Phasmatodea. In W.W.K. Houston & A. Wells (Eds.). Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. pp. 347–376, 451–456.

Otte, D. & Brock, P.D. (2005) In Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world. The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 414 pp. Available at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24725959-phasmida-species-file

Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. (2007) Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa, 1570, 1–84. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/287837852_Studies_on_the_Australian_stick_insects_Phasmida_including_a_checklist_of_species_and_bibliography

Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. (2009) In The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. 204 pp. Available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6012.htm

Brock, P.D., Marshall, J.A., Beccaloni, G.W. & Harman, A.J.E. (2016) The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa, 4179(2), 151–208. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/309585799_The_types_of_Phasmida_in_the_Natural_History_Museum_London_UK

Rudolf, E. & Brock, P.D. (2017) Anophelepis telesphorus. Available at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/78798677/0
Brock, P.D. & Büscher, T.H. (2022) Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids. NAP Editions, France: Verrières-le-Buisson, 612 pp. Available at http://www.napeditions.com/en/67-stick-and-leaf-insects-of-the-world.html

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	4	5